Tag: Westminster Attack

A Muslim teacher on trial for allegedly plotting attacks on London showed children Islamic State videos and claimed to be part of “a death squad sent by Allah” after the Westminster attack, a court has heard.

The pace of terror plots successfully intercepted and prevented by Britain’s intelligence and counter-terror agencies considerably quickened in the months leading up to the Manchester attack. Security service sources have revealed five terror plots were foiled between the Westminster attack

The Westminster terrorist has been linked to the “Salafi” Luton Islamic Centre, which published extremist material whilst its leaders received £75,000 of public money, including sums for “preventing violent radicalisation”.

LONDON (AP) — A 31-year-old Romanian tourist who was knocked into the River Thames from Westminster Bridge during an attack on Britain’s Houses of Parliament more than two weeks ago has died, London police said Friday.

The British-built de Havilland Comet was the world’s first commercial jetliner, placed in service in 1949. But in the early 1950s, several of the planes crashed. To prevent further loss of life, the fleet was grounded to identify the problem’s

Britain’s airports and nuclear power stations have been placed on terror alert, following warnings that Islamist terror groups pose a heightened threat to electronic security systems. Fearing hackers from ISIS and other terror groups have found a way to bypass

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah woman who suffered a broken leg from a high-profile London attack is now able to stand up on her own. Melissa Cochran’s brother Clint Payne on Saturday posted a photo of her on

Nigel Farage has said the UK should adopt Donald Trump-style “extreme vetting” after the Westminster attack, but not follow Geert Wilders’ plan “for an entire religion to be outlawed” as that will “alienate” moderate Muslims.

The ‘human rights’ group CAGE has blamed the Westminster terror attack on “a self perpetuating, vicious cycle of violence” triggered by Western foreign policy, as well as calling for the softening of anti-terror laws.

LONDON (AP) – Westminster Bridge attacker Khalid Masood sent a WhatsApp message that cannot be accessed because it was encrypted by the popular messaging service, a top British security official said Sunday. British press reports suggest Masood used the messaging

LONDON (AFP) – British police admitted Saturday they may never know the motive behind this week’s terror attack on parliament, after releasing all but one of 11 people held over the assault. They have named 52-year-old Briton Khalid Masood as the man

In their reporting and social media coverage, Britain’s Daily Telegraph has strongly implied Islamist Khalid Masood went on a killing spree in central London because he’d once been a victim of racism in the past. ‘First picture of Khalid Masood reveals how

A former Labour Party foreign minister has implied the government of Tony Blair was wrong to ignore the religious roots of Islamist terror, urging authorities to ‘take on’ the ideology to defeat terror.

Top Eurocrat Julian King urged people “to keep in mind the growing menace of Right-wing violent extremism” just one day after a radical Islamic terrorist murdered a number of people in Westminster, London.

LONDON (AP) — London’s top anti-terror officer says two more “significant arrests” have been made in connection with the Westminster attack, in central and northern England. Nine people are currently in custody, while one has been released on bail.

Prime Minister Theresa May has confirmed the Westminster attacker who killed three on Wednesday was “British-born” and had been investigated by security forces in the past. Speaking in parliament, Mrs May said the man was known to police and MI5 and